Automotive Management Accreditation

Why Develop AMA

Research evidence shows us that only 18% of our managers and leaders have any qualifications or structured training at level 4 or above.  This evidence and through investigation of many organisations suggested that although a few good support mechanisms are in place for managers and leaders, on the whole they:

• Do not exist
• Are not joined up in their approach
• Can be sheep dip training that does not meet personal needs
• Are training that is not measured in any way to understand if it gives any benefit (research is finding employers rarely measure impact)
• Give little or no career structure

We, as an industry, more often than not take our best sales person, technician or parts operative and promote them to a management position without the support and tools to be really effective in the role.

When the IMI became the Sector Skills Council, we asked 400 employers what could be better with training, qualifications and career support.  For managers and leaders they suggested we needed:

• Bite sized chunks of learning
• Reachable approaches for busy managers and leaders
• Cost effective solution providing high impact
• Industry speak rather than academic
• Career structure to help grow and retain good people